Date of Birth: 
About Rolf Nyboe Nettum
- Rolf Nyboe Nettum (17 June 1919 – 20 January 2010) was a Norwegian literary historian. He grew up at Sandviksåsen in Sandvika, where he was a neighbor of polar explorer Otto Sverdrup, until Sverdrup's death in 1930.
- Nettum attended upper secondary school at Stabekk.
- He later became a student, but during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany (1940–1945) he was arrested on 30 November 1943, as a part of the general crackdown that followed the University of Oslo fire.
- He was imprisoned near Stavern before being transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp on 7 January 1944.
- He was later transferred to Sennheim concentration camp, then back to Buchenwald before being released on 20 December 1944.He graduated in literature in 1948.
- He was a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago from 1951 to 1953.
- He then moved back to Norway and was a literary critic in the newspaper Aftenposten from 1954 to 1964.
- In 1958 he was also hired at the University of Oslo.
- He remained here until his retirement in 1986, being a professor for the last years.
- He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.Nettum took the dr.philos.
- degree in 1970 on a thesis about Knut Hamsun.
- He came to be cited as one of the central Hamsun researchers in Norway.
- His most important releases are Hans E.
- Kincks livssyn in 1949 about Hans E.
- Kinck, Konflikt og visjon in 1970 about Knut Hamsun, Fantasiens regnbuebro in 1992 about Henrik Wergeland and Christen Pram: Norges første romanforfatter in 2001 about Christen Pram.
- He also co-authored volume four of Norges litteraturhistorie, published in 1975.
- It was written together with Bjarte Birkeland and Per Amdam, and edited by Edvard Beyer.
- In 2008 Nettum released the autobiography Med litteratur gjennom livet.
- His preferred standard of writing was Riksmål.He resided in Høvik.
- He died in January 2010 at Rykkinn, having suffered from a stroke in October 2009.
Read more at Wikipedia
See Also
- Famous People's Birthdays on 17 June, Norway
- Famous People's Birthdays in June, Norway
- Famous literary critic's Birthdays on 17 June, Norway
- Famous literary critic's Birthdays in June, Norway
- Famous literary historian's Birthdays on 17 June, Norway
- Famous literary historian's Birthdays in June, Norway
- Famous autobiographer's Birthdays on 17 June, Norway
- Famous autobiographer's Birthdays in June, Norway